A Virgin Atlantic Airways pilot arrested on charges of being drunk before he was due to fly a 747 jet from Washington to London, has been sentenced to 60 days in prison after pleading guilty to a lesser charge.

A “failure of imagination”, not government neglect, allowed 19 hijackers to carry out the deadliest terrorist attack in US history, the September 11 commission has said.

Surveillance video from Washington Dulles International Airport the morning of September 11, 2001, shows four of the five hijackers being pulled aside to undergo additional scrutiny after setting off metal detectors – but then permitted to board the fateful flight that crashed into the Pentagon.

A Virgin Atlantic Airways pilot accused of turning up for work drunk has lost a bid to get his passport returned.

Extra security checks today disrupted a transatlantic flight from London to Washington for the fourth day in succession, amid continuing concern over the threat of terrorism.

British Airways was seeking advice from the British government today on whether to operate its afternoon flight to Washington, after cancelling it for two days running because of fears over security.

The cancellation of British Airways flight BA223 from Heathrow to Washington was caused by a “real and definite threat”, a defence expert warned today.

A British Airways flight from Heathrow to Washington has been cancelled for the second time over security fears.

A man was in custody today after being restrained by a flight crew when he approached the cockpit of an American aircraft.

British Airways security officials are deciding today whether to operate its afternoon flight to Washington after cancelling yesterday’s service because of fears over security.

British Airways today cancelled one of its three daily flights from Heathrow to Washington following security advice from the Government, a spokesman for the airline said.

A Virgin Atlantic pilot accused of attempting to fly a plane under the influence of alcohol has been told he cannot leave the US.

The weapons were crude, the plot staggering in its conceit. Bring down buildings, kill, shake America to its core.